Happy Birthday!!!

Today Ella turned 1! It is so hard to believe. Tony and I stayed home from work today. We had 1 year old pictures taken. Ella did such a good job. Ella changes everyday. She is actually going to therapy for her mobility. She had her first session on Monday. She has already changed since Monday. We don't think we will have to go for very long. Her first birthday party went great, she got lots of nice gifts and went crazy for her cake.

Some of Ella's favorite things:
Loves pretty much any kind of food we feed her especially bananas
Loves her walker
Loves to be outside, it seems to always make her smile
Loves her jumperoo
Loves Kirby, she is alway smiling and laughing at him

We are amazed by her each and every day.

Here are some pictures from her party!

May, May, May

Despite the NASTY weather, May is going by so fast, which means we are getting closer to Ella's 1st birthday!

Let's back up a bit first. At the end of April I got to travel to Florida with Tony's mom and sister Gabi. We drove the 17 hour drive (rough) to Panama City Beach. We had a blast! Tony and Ella stayed home, everything went smoothly!

Ella turned 11 months on Saturday. WOW 11 months, I seriously can't believe it! I'm really looking forward to celebrating her birthday, it is going to be very special and emotional for me! I've cherished every moment with her from the moment she entered this world! I don't remember life without her.

What have we been up to? Well we are learning how to use a sippy cup and feeding herself. We have also been working really hard and crawling and helping her to learn how to push herself up to a sitting position. She is one very strong girl, very solid when she sits up and strong on her legs. We are so proud of her, she is learning something everyday. We've also start to wean her off of formula and onto whole milk! Very exciting because formula is very expensive.

We were also at the doctor last Friday for an ear recheck and it turns out that Ella still had her double ear infection. If these don't clear up by her 12 month appointment we will have to look into possibly getting tubes. I'm crossing my fingers that the infections are cleared up by that point.

I had a wonderful 1st mother's day! We spent the morning hanging out and then went to my parents house for lunch and then to Tony's mom's for dinner!

We hope everyone is doing well. Hopefully it will start to get warm out.

Here are some recent pictures.

Ella loves playing in this box

Ella and her mommy on mother's day!

4 Generations!

JJ and Ella

Ella holding her first easter egg

Madison, Kristy, Ella and I at Madison's 1st Birthday Party!

10! MONTHS! OLD!

That's right we are officially out of the single digits! 10 months, WOW! Ella turned 10 months last Thursday! She is doing amazing! She is learning how to use a sippy cup and how to pick up food with her hands and put it in her mouth. Pretty soon we will be starting Ella on whole milk which is very exciting! No more formula soon. We are still working on our crawling skills and standing skills. I'm pretty sure Ella is going to walk before she crawls.

Ella is currently taking medication for her double ear infection. Poor thing, she is such a trooper. She has had 3 ear infections in the last 4 months, which is really good for her age. Hopefully this is her last one of the season, if this darn weather would get better.

I'm actually going to be traveling to Florida on Saturday with Tony's mom and sister Gabi. This will be the first time I leave Ella for a long period of time. She is in good hands though with her daddy. I'm super excited to go to the warm weather.

We hope everyone has a fantastic Easter!

Is it really April already?

I was thinking today that tomorrow is already April 7th. Seriously the beginning of the year is flying by. I was looking at the blog tonight and Ella's age ticker is getting soooo close to that 1 year mark and that totally FREAKS me out! It actually makes me want to cry! This time last year I was getting ready for my baby shower and preparing for the birth of our child...NUTS! Now here we are preparing for her to turn 1 years old. I know I say this all the time but she is the most amazing baby I could ask for. She is the joy in my life and there isn't a day that goes by that I don't think about how blessed I am to have her. She makes me laugh and smile every single day. But when I think about the fact that she will be 1 years old I get really sad because that means the years are really going to go fast. In a week Ella is going to be turning 10 months old! It's all exciting and sad at the same time.

9 Month Professional Pictures!

Doesn't she look like such a big girl?!?!

Recent Pictures

7 Months

8 Months

9 Months

9 Months Old

Ella turned 9 Months on Monday. She is doing excellent! We have one happy baby over here. She sits and talks to us she mostly says dada ;). She isn't crawling yet but she is reaching for everything in front of her. She still loves her jumperoo and just sitting on the floor and playing with her toys. She is even starting to hold her bottle!

We had her 9 month check up today! She is doing excellent. We can move up to the next level of food and even start feeding her people food. Around 11 months we can start giving her whole milk. I can't believe we are talking about taking her off of formula.

Stats:
Weight: 18lbs 2.5oz
Height: 27.5 inches
She is in the 50th for height and 40th for weight.

She is our little peanut!

I'm really excited for summer! I can't wait to take her to the park and for walks and even to the zoo and my parents pool.

We are still taking swimming lessons, they are so much fun! Ella loves the water!

We hope everyone is doing well!